By Kishalay BhattacharjeeChandel, Manipur: Momoko, a popular young actor in
Manipur, was headlining a fund-raising concert in the state's Chandel
town when a man climbed onto the stage.

"He was touching me. I
warned him. Then he pulled my hair and threw me on the ground and
repeatedly kicked me. He also hit me in the left eye," she said.

NDTV
does not reveal the identities of women who have been assaulted, but
Momoko requested that her identity not be concealed. She says she is
determined to raise awareness of the violence women confront alone even
in crowded places.

The man who she accuses of assaulting her is
Livingstone Anal, a leader of the once-banned National Socialist
Council of Nagaland (IM), the armed militia now in a ceasefire with the
government of India.

A co-performer who tried to help Momoko was shot at by Anal, but escaped unhurt.